CLOCK PRICES IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS</h1> <article> <h1>CLOCK PRICES IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS</h1> ELI TERRY'S famous shelf clock, when introduced in 1814-1816, retailed at $15, according to Chauncey Jerome. What was $15 of that day equivalent to, in terms of money today? </article> <article> <h1>Hamilton Watch Company</h1> I've taken some old footage from 1947 and done some editing, putting it into three parts for more convenient file size. It shows a time when watches where ultra-valuable items when you could only buy them in a jewelry store, showing production methods and expert employees which is extremely interesting. A great look at watch manufacturing of the past. </article> <article> <h1>LOUD BELL of St. Paul’s</h1> Reid, in his treaties on clock and watch making observes that “Height or length of fall for the clock- weights and sounding-boards for the bells were much attended to when building spires for ancient churches. An instance of this is seen in Sir Christopher Wren’s architecture of the cathedral church of St. Paul’s, where the [...] </article> <article> <h1>ILLUMINATED CLOCK DIALS</h1> Illuminated clock dials were first permanently exhibited in London in 1827. In the Gentleman’s Magazine for 1826 a writer suggests that an illuminated clock dial has been long needed in the great metropolis. Liverpool, Manchester and other provincial towns already had such clocks, but London had not been able to boast of this accommodation. The [...] </article> <article> <h1>CLOCKS ARE REALISTS</h1> A chance clock-repairer at last took notice and found it as good as ever, needing merely a brush of oil. Now it has re-established itself on a mantelpiece just off the main stream of household traffic, and the pulse-beat of its pendulum is an appreciated back- drop. </article> <article> <h1>THE MICROSCOPIC DIAL PAINTER</h1> Among Neuchatel celebrities two names are cited as being the most distinguished men in the making of dials and enamel painting. One of them, named Charles Racine, early 1800’s, excelled in doing lettering and names. His best work was a small dial of 6 lines on which is inscribed circularly the Lord’s Prayer, its six [...] </article> <article> <h1>BUCKS AND HANTS</h1> Question out of the Q&A box Dear Barry I have an English clock made in Salop. I cannot find this city in any Atlas or map maybe you can help me? A–You will not locate the town of Salop on any map of England. There is no locality of that name. The word Salop is an ancient abbreviation, used, [...] </article> <article> <h1>GRANDPA HINCKLEY’S STORY</h1> I was born in 1810 (he said) in Barnstable, Mass, I descended from Thomas Hinckley, who was Governor of the Plymouth Colony during King Philip’s war. My mother was a Lothrop, descended from Captain Isaac Lothrop of Falmouth, a famous Indian fighter. </article> <article> <h1>How to find and buy antique clocks</h1> Can you still get an antique clock at the right price? With the falling stock markets and house prices around the world more and more people are seeing their wealth they have amassed deteriorate before their very eyes. Smart investors are cashing in their stocks and bonds and buying tangible assets. Assets they can actually see [...] </article> <article> <h1>My Longcase Construction #5 Final</h1> Fellow clock lovers, this is my final installment on the construction of the walnut clock. I have some minor details to attend to but it is in all intents complete. I want to make a border under the arch painting and put on a signature. One really great idea I received from Barry Share was to [...] </article> </main></body></html>